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Sri Lanka from Mumbai
Hills, tea and the coast
Kandy's temple, the tea country around Nuwara Eliya with the hill train, and two nights on the beach at Bentota before Colombo.
Flying from Mumbai
Getting to Sri Lanka from Mumbai
Daily non-stops to Colombo. Also convenient for travellers from Thane, Navi Mumbai and Pune.
Flights are quoted live at the fare on the day for your dates — the land price above does not change with your city. Times are typical gate-to-gate figures for the usual routing.
Day by day
- Day 1Arrive in Colombo, drive to Kandy
Met at the airport and driven to Kandy via the Pinnawala elephant orphanage. Evening at the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic.
- Day 2Kandy to Nuwara Eliya
Tea estates and a factory visit on the way up; Ramboda falls. Evening walk around the lake in "Little England".
- Day 3Hill train, then the coast
A stretch of the scenic hill railway, then the drive down to Bentota. Check in by the sea.
- Day 4Bentota at leisure
River safari on the Madu Ganga, the turtle hatchery at Kosgoda, or the beach. Your day.
- Day 5Galle and Colombo
Morning at Galle Fort, then up the expressway to Colombo for a city drive and the Galle Face promenade at sunset.
- Day 6Fly home
Check out and transfer to the airport.
Included in the land price
- 5 nights in 4★ hotels with daily breakfast
- Private air-conditioned car with an English-speaking chauffeur-guide throughout
- Hill train tickets
- Pinnawala, Temple of the Tooth, tea factory and Galle Fort entries
- Airport pickup and drop
Not included
- International flights (quoted live for your dates)
- Sri Lanka ETA
- Travel insurance
- Lunches and dinners
- Tips, personal expenses and anything not listed above
In pictures
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Photographs from Wikimedia Commons: Nine-Arch Bridge in Sri Lanka by Ravindu Thaksara (CC BY-SA 4.0).